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A related and quite recent piece of research - Stimulating toxin cleanup via brain stimulation using pulsed light. Has been used to treat Alzheimer symptoms in
by jwilliams 10y ago
A related and quite recent piece of research - Stimulating toxin cleanup via brain stimulation using pulsed light. Has been used to treat Alzheimer symptoms in mice models. Last I heard was being fast-tracked to humans.
http://news.mit.edu/2016/visual-stimulation-treatment-alzheimer-1207 http://news.mit.edu/2016/visual-stimulation-treatment-alzhei...
"This treatment appears to work by inducing brain waves known as gamma oscillations, which the researchers discovered help the brain suppress beta amyloid production and invigorate cells responsible for destroying the plaques."
- bcherny 10y agoFor those that prefer research in podcast form: http://www.radiolab.org/story/bringing-gamma-back/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/bringing-gamma-back/
- e40 10y agoA great podcast, btw. That specific episode and in general. I wonder if this brain hack will have unwanted side effects. That is, I wonder if using the light trick could cause the normal processing to either not happen or happen less often. This is really exciting research, though, and I really hope it is effective in humans like it is in mice.
- bcherny 10y agoI wonder if a laptop/phone screen is capable of producing this specific frequency of pulsed light.. Edit: FWIW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaiiJsfgP58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaiiJsfgP58
- simcop2387 10y agomost displays still being 60hz i don't think it'll work well. But a 120hz or 240hz should be able to do it pretty well I'd think.
- apk-d 10y agoFunny thing - the video is actually 30 FPS (to check, right click -> stats for nerds). You need to be running at 80 FPS to display a 40hz pulse (intuitively, each black-white cycle takes at least 2 frames to render).